Combined comb and clipper



March 29, 1949. w. L. NORWOOD 2,465,694

COMBINED COMB AND CLIPPERS Filed Nov. 9, 1945 Patented Mar. 29, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMBINED COMB AND CLIPPER Wallace Lester Norwood, Santa Ynez, Calif.

Application November 9, 1945, Serial No. 627,658

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in tonsorial devices and more particularly to a combined comb and hair clippers.

An important object of the present invention is to provide a device of this character by means of which a persons hair may be out without requiring the use of a comb held separately for lifting the hair away from the scalp of a person while cutting or trimming the same.

More specifically the invention embodies the provision of a comb including teeth and at one side of which a reciprocating cutter is operatively mounted and including cutting teeth adapted to work transversely at the inner ends of the teeth of the comb to perform a cutting action.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be either electrically or manually operated and which at the same time is simple and practical in construction, efficient and reliable in operation, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view showing the electrically operated clippers.

Figure 2 is a front elevational view thereof.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of a modified form of reciprocating cutter.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the clippers with the bolts shown in section and the leaf springs removed to show the slots behind the same.

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on a line 55 of Figure 1, and

Figure 6 is a group perspective view of one of the connectors for slidably mounting the stationary and movable cutters Figure 7 is a fragmentary side elevational view of a manually operative handle for the clippers.

Referring now to the drawings in detail wherein for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates a stationary cutter which includes a rear edge 6 and teeth 1 projecting from the front edge thereof, the cutter 5 being constructed of a size and shape adapted for use as a comb.

To one side of the rear edge 6 of the stationary cutter is positioned the rear edge 8 of a movable cutter which includes relatively short teeth 9 projecting from its front edge and arranged in cutting relation with respect to the inner ends of the teeth 1.

The rear edge of the movable cutter is provided with a plurality of longitudinally extending slots 10 within which guide blocks II are slidably mounted, the blocks being positioned on the smooth portion l2 of a bolt l3 which is threaded into the rear portion 6 of the stationary cutter 5.

Positioned under the head It of the bolt I3 is a leaf spring l5 adapted to bear against the outer side of the movable cutter 8 to yieldably maintain the cutters in close cooperating cutting relation.

The inner end of the stationary cutter 5 is formed with a shank I6 provided at its rear end with a handle I! which may constitute a housing for an electric motor including a pitman mechanism (not shown) of conventional construction for operating a pitman rod 18 which is pivotally connected at its front end as at 19 to the movable cutter 8.

In the modification shown in Figure 3, the teeth 25 of the movable cutter 24 are of dovetailed form. Otherwise the construction is the same as that already described.

Also if desired the shank it of the stationary cutter 5 may be constructed with a handle of a type shown at 20 in Figure 7 of the drawings and including a pivoted lever 2| connected to the movable cutter by means of a link 22 for reciprocably actuating the movable cutter. A leaf spring 23 is positioned between the lever 2| and handle 20 to move the lever in one direction while a squeezing action by the hand of a person will move the lever in its opposite direction.

It is believed the construction and manner of operation of the device will be apparent from the foregoing, the teeth 1 of the stationary cutter 5 being used to engage the hair of a person while the movable cutter 8 is reciprocated to cut or trim the hair.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the construction, operation and advantages of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein,

described and the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is: REFERENCES CITED A combined comb and clippers comprising a. The following references are of record in the stationary cutter having comb teeth at one edge file Of this P t thereof, a movable cutter having relatively short 5 teeth positioned at one side of the comb teeth UNITED STATES PATENTS in cutting relation therewith, said movable cutter Number Name Date having longitudinal slots, a guide block positioned 1,5 ,63 Serene Dec. 16, 1924 in each slot to provide a slidable mounting for ,80 ahl June 9, 1931 the movable cutter, a bolt inserted through and 10 FOREIGN PATENTS fitted 1n the block and anchored in the stationary cutter, and a leaf spring between the head of the Number Date bolt and the guide block and covering the slot. 1 12,177 Great Brltam J1me 21, 1893 WALLACE E TE NQRWQOD, 623,651 G rmany Apr. 8, 1936 

